Friday, October 26, 2012

Doc leaves needle inside woman’s womb in B’swar


BALESWAR: A case of medical negligence in the Government-run hospital of Baleswar district has come to fore when the X-ray report of a women revealed that doctor has left a broken needle inside the woman’s womb during caesarian operation. The X-ray was carried out after the woman’s complaint of pain in her abdomen in the post delivery period.  

The woman Kanaklata Ojha (22) of village Apatira under Bahanaga block in the district had gone through an operation about a week ago at Gopalpur Community Health Centre in the district. Following sustained pain on advice of a doctor while relatives of the aggrieved conducted an X-ray where a needle was detected in the report. It is believed that the needle was left behind after caesarian operation.

“We have conducted a caesarian on the woman. After the operation, we had stitched that part. When the complaint came to our notice, we referred her to the district headquarters hospital for further checkup whether the needle is there or not,” said Dr Ajay Singh of Gopalpur CHC.

“The nurse had stitched the respective body part after the caesarian operation in the absence of the doctor,” said Kanaklata’s husband Nilamadhab Ojha. In the want of doctor one nurse Kasulaya Das had allegedly conducted the stitching, sources said.

When tension gripped in the health centre, she was referred to the district headquarter hospital on Friday.

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